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Papilio thoas Linnaeus, 1771

Имаго  Papilio thoas

Taxonomy

class Insecta subclass Pterygota infraclass Neoptera superorder Holometabola order Lepidoptera superfamily Papilionoidea family Papilionidae subfamily Papilioninae tribe Papilionini genus Papilio subgenus Heraclides → species Papilio thoas

Species name(s)

Papilio (Heraclides) thoas Linnaeus, 1771 = Heraclides thoas. [85, PC]

King Swallowtail.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Nearctic, Neotropic.

Primary colors

Red, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Имаго  Papilio thoas

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Heraclides thoas. [PC81].

Subspecies of Papilio thoas

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Colin Hutton, Peter Khramov.

Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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16.01.2011 22:16, Dmitriy Pozhogin

subspecies
thoas- North SA
autocles Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 - South US- Nicaragua
nealces Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 Nikaragua- Ecuador
melonius Rothschild & Jordan Jamaica
cyniras Ménétriés, 1857 Ekvador- Amazonia (sometimes isolated as an independent kind)
oviedo Gundlach, 1866 Cuba
thoantiades Burmeister Argentina
brasiliensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1906 South Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay

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